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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 235 (Friday, December 8, 2017)]

[Presidential Documents]

[Pages 58081-58087]

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

[FR Doc No: 2017-26709]

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Vol. 82

Friday,

No. 235

December 8, 2017

Part IV

The President

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Proclamation 9681--Modifying the Bears Ears National Monument

Proclamation 9682--Modifying the Grand Staircase-Escalante National

Monument

Presidential Documents

Federal Register / Vol. 82 , No. 235 / Friday, December 8, 2017 /

Presidential Documents

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Title 3--

The President

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Proclamation 9681 of December 4, 2017

Modifying the Bears Ears National Monument

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

In Proclamation 9558 of December 28, 2016, and

exercising his authority under section 320301 of title

54, United States Code (the ``Antiquities Act''),

President Barack Obama established the Bears Ears

National Monument in the State of Utah, reserving

approximately 1.35 million acres of Federal lands for

the care and management of objects of historic and

scientific interest identified therein. The monument is

managed jointly by the Department of the Interior's

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Department of

Agriculture's United States Forest Service (USFS). This

proclamation makes certain modifications to the

monument.

bjects of historic and

scientific interest identified therein. The monument is

managed jointly by the Department of the Interior's

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Department of

Agriculture's United States Forest Service (USFS). This

proclamation makes certain modifications to the

monument.

Proclamation 9558 identifies a long list of objects of

historic or scientific interest. It describes cultural

resources such as ancient cliff dwellings (including

the Moon House and Doll House Ruins), Moki Steps,

Native American ceremonial sites, tools and projectile

points, remains of single-family dwellings, granaries,

kivas, towers, large villages, rock shelters, caves,

and a prehistoric road system, as well as petroglyphs,

pictographs, and recent rock art left by the Ute,

Navajo, and Paiute peoples. It also identifies other

types of historic objects, such as remnants of Native

American sheep-herding and farming operations and early

engineering by pioneers and settlers, including

smoothed sections of rock, dugways, historic cabins,

corrals, trails, and inscriptions carved into rock, and

the Hole-in-the-Rock and Outlaw Trails. It also

describes landscape features such as the Bears Ears,

Comb Ridge, Cedar Mesa, the Valley of the Gods, the

Abajo Mountains, and the San Juan River, and

paleontological resources such as the fossil remains of

fishes, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals, as well as

dinosaur trackways and traces of other terrestrial

animals

features such as the Bears Ears,

Comb Ridge, Cedar Mesa, the Valley of the Gods, the

Abajo Mountains, and the San Juan River, and

paleontological resources such as the fossil remains of

fishes, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals, as well as

dinosaur trackways and traces of other terrestrial

animals. Finally, it identifies several species,

including animals like the porcupine, badger, and

coyote; birds like the red-tailed hawk, Mexican spotted

owl, American kestrel, and turkey vulture; and plants

such as the Fremont cottonwood, Abajo daisy, western

sandbar willow, and boxelder.

The Antiquities Act requires that any reservation of

land as part of a monument be confined to the smallest

area compatible with the proper care and management of

the objects of historic or scientific interest to be

protected. Determining the appropriate protective area

involves examination of a number of factors, including

the uniqueness and nature of the objects, the nature of

the needed protection, and the protection provided by

other laws.

Some of the objects Proclamation 9558 identifies are

not unique to the monument, and some of the particular

examples of these objects within the monument are not

of significant scientific or historic interest.

Moreover, many of the objects Proclamation 9558

identifies were not under threat of damage or

destruction before designation such that they required

a reservation of land to protect them

articular

examples of these objects within the monument are not

of significant scientific or historic interest.

Moreover, many of the objects Proclamation 9558

identifies were not under threat of damage or

destruction before designation such that they required

a reservation of land to protect them. In fact, objects

described in Proclamation 9558 were then--and still

are--subject to Federal protections under existing laws

and agency management designations. For example, more

than 500,000 acres were already being managed to

maintain, enhance, or protect their roadless character

before they were designated as part of a national

monument. Specifically, the BLM manages approximately

380,759 acres of lands

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within the existing monument as Wilderness Study Areas,

which the BLM is required by law to manage so as not to

impair their suitability for future congressional

designation as Wilderness. On lands managed by the

USFS, 46,348 acres are part of the congressionally

designated Dark Canyon Wilderness Area, which, under

the 1964 Wilderness Act, 16 U.S.C. 1131-1136, and the

Utah Wilderness Act of 1984, Public Law 98-428, the

USFS must manage so as to maintain or enhance its

wilderness character. Approximately 89,396 acres of the

USFS lands are also included in 8 inventoried roadless

areas, which are managed under the USFS's 2001 Roadless

Rule so as to protect their wilderness character.

h Wilderness Act of 1984, Public Law 98-428, the

USFS must manage so as to maintain or enhance its

wilderness character. Approximately 89,396 acres of the

USFS lands are also included in 8 inventoried roadless

areas, which are managed under the USFS's 2001 Roadless

Rule so as to protect their wilderness character.

A host of laws enacted after the Antiquities Act

provide specific protection for archaeological,

historic, cultural, paleontological, and plant and

animal resources and give authority to the BLM and USFS

to condition permitted activities on Federal lands,

whether within or outside a monument. These laws

include the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of

1979, 16 U.S.C. 470aa-470mm, National Historic

Preservation Act, 54 U.S.C. 300101 et seq., Bald and

Golden Eagle Protection Act, 16 U.S.C. 668-668d,

Endangered Species Act of 1973, 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.,

Federal Cave Resources Protection Act of 1988, 16

U.S.C. 4301 et seq., Federal Land Policy and Management

Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq., Migratory Bird

Treaty Act, 16 U.S.C. 703-712, National Forest

Management Act, 16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq., Native American

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1976, 25

U.S.C. 3001 et seq., and Paleontological Resources

Preservation Act, 16 U.S.C. 470aaa-470aaa-11

Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq., Migratory Bird

Treaty Act, 16 U.S.C. 703-712, National Forest

Management Act, 16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq., Native American

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1976, 25

U.S.C. 3001 et seq., and Paleontological Resources

Preservation Act, 16 U.S.C. 470aaa-470aaa-11. Of

particular note, the Archaeological Resources

Protection Act specifically protects archaeological

resources from looting or other desecration and imposes

criminal penalties for unauthorized excavation,

removal, damage, alteration, or defacement of

archaeological resources. Federal land management

agencies can grant a permit authorizing excavation or

removal, but only when undertaken for the purpose of

furthering archaeological knowledge. The

Paleontological Resources Preservation Act contains

very similar provisions protecting paleontological

resources. And the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and

Endangered Species Act protect migratory birds and

listed endangered and threatened species and their

habitats. Moreover, the BLM and the USFS were already

addressing many of the threats to objects identified in

Proclamation 9558 in their governing land-use plans

before designation of the monument.

Endangered Species Act protect migratory birds and

listed endangered and threatened species and their

habitats. Moreover, the BLM and the USFS were already

addressing many of the threats to objects identified in

Proclamation 9558 in their governing land-use plans

before designation of the monument.

Given the nature of the objects identified on the lands

reserved by Proclamation 9558, the lack of a threat of

damage or destruction to many of those objects, and the

protection for those objects already provided by

existing law and governing land-use plans, I find that

the area of Federal land reserved in the Bears Ears

National Monument established by Proclamation 9558 is

not confined to the smallest area compatible with the

proper care and management of those objects. The

important objects of scientific or historic interest

can instead be protected by a smaller and more

appropriate reservation of 2 areas: Shash Jaa and

Indian Creek. Revising the boundaries of the monument

to cover these 2 areas will ensure that, in accordance

with the Antiquities Act, it is no larger than

necessary for the proper care and management of the

objects to be protected within the monument.

appropriate reservation of 2 areas: Shash Jaa and

Indian Creek. Revising the boundaries of the monument

to cover these 2 areas will ensure that, in accordance

with the Antiquities Act, it is no larger than

necessary for the proper care and management of the

objects to be protected within the monument.

The Shash Jaa area contains the heart of the national

monument: the iconic twin buttes known as the Bears

Ears that tower 2,000 feet above the surrounding

landscape and are considered sacred to the Native

American tribes that call this area their ancestral

home. Many of the significant objects described by

Proclamation 9558 can be found throughout the Shash Jaa

area. Ancestral Puebloan occupation of the area began

during the Basketmaker II period at least 2,500 years

ago, and it left behind objects such as pit houses,

storage pits, lithic scatters, campsites, rock

shelters, pictographs, and baskets, as well as manos

and metates for grinding corn. Occupation dating to the

Basketmaker III period, from approximately 500 to 750

C.E., left additional evidence of maize- and bean-based

agriculture, along with pottery, bows and arrows, pit

houses, kivas, storage rooms, and dispersed villages.

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baskets, as well as manos

and metates for grinding corn. Occupation dating to the

Basketmaker III period, from approximately 500 to 750

C.E., left additional evidence of maize- and bean-based

agriculture, along with pottery, bows and arrows, pit

houses, kivas, storage rooms, and dispersed villages.

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New waves of human settlement occurred around 900 C.E.,

when the Pueblo I period gave rise to large villages

near Comb Wash, and 1050 C.E., when inhabitants from

the Pueblo II period built expansive and complex multi-

family dwellings. Around 1150 C.E., the dawn of the

Pueblo III period, the area's inhabitants increasingly

sought shelter in cliff dwellings and left behind

evidence of an era of unrest. Several centuries later,

the Ute, Paiute, and Navajo came to occupy the area.

East of the Bears Ears is Arch Canyon, within which

paleontologists have found numerous fossils from the

Permian and Upper Permian eras. Cliff dwellings are

hidden throughout the canyon, and the mouth of the

canyon holds the fabled Arch Canyon ruin, which spans

the Pueblo II and III periods and contains pictographs

and petroglyphs ranging from the Archaic to the

historic periods.

ous fossils from the

Permian and Upper Permian eras. Cliff dwellings are

hidden throughout the canyon, and the mouth of the

canyon holds the fabled Arch Canyon ruin, which spans

the Pueblo II and III periods and contains pictographs

and petroglyphs ranging from the Archaic to the

historic periods.

Just south of Arch Canyon are the north and south forks

of Mule Canyon. Five-hundred feet deep, 5 miles long,

and decorated with alternating layers of red and white

sandstone, these 2 striking canyons contain shelter-

cliff dwellings and other archaeological sites,

including the scenic and accessible House on Fire Ruin,

which includes differing masonry styles that indicate

several episodes of construction and use.

Perched high on the open tablelands above the south

fork of Mule Canyon are the Mule Canyon ruins, where

visitors can see exposed masonry walls of ancient

living quarters and a partially restored kiva. The deep

canyons and towering mesas of the Shash Jaa area are

full of similar sites, including rock art, remains of

single-family dwellings, granaries, kivas, towers

(including the Cave Towers), and large villages

primarily from the Pueblo II and III periods, along

with sites from the Basketmaker and Archaic periods.

canyons and towering mesas of the Shash Jaa area are

full of similar sites, including rock art, remains of

single-family dwellings, granaries, kivas, towers

(including the Cave Towers), and large villages

primarily from the Pueblo II and III periods, along

with sites from the Basketmaker and Archaic periods.

The Shash Jaa area also includes Comb Ridge, a north-

south trending monocline that originates near the

boundary of the Manti-La Sal National Forest, ends near

the San Juan River, and contains remnants from the

region's thousands of years of human habitation,

including cliff dwellings, granaries, kivas, ceremonial

sites, and the Butler Wash ruin, a world-famous

Ancestral Puebloan ruin with multiple rooms and kivas.

Comb Ridge also includes world-class examples of

ancient rock art, such as the Butler Wash Kachina

Panel, a wall-sized mural of San Juan Anthropomorph

figures that dates to the Basketmaker period and is

considered to be one of the Southwest's most important

petroglyph panels for understanding the daily life and

rituals of the Basketmaker people. Significant fossil

sites have also been discovered in Butler Wash.

Panel, a wall-sized mural of San Juan Anthropomorph

figures that dates to the Basketmaker period and is

considered to be one of the Southwest's most important

petroglyph panels for understanding the daily life and

rituals of the Basketmaker people. Significant fossil

sites have also been discovered in Butler Wash.

Just north of upper Butler Wash, the aspen-filled

Whiskers Draw contains a series of alcoves that have

sheltered evidence of human habitation for thousands of

years, including Cave 7, the site where Richard

Wetherill, as part of the Hyde Expedition in 1893,

first identified what we know today as the Basketmaker

people. The nearby Milk Ranch Point is home to a rich

concentration of kivas, granaries, dwellings, and other

evidence that Pueblo I farmers used this area to

cultivate corn, beans, and squash.

The Shash Jaa area also contains the Comb Ridge Fossil

site, which includes a trackway created by a giant

arthropod (Diplichnites cuithensis), the first recorded

instance of such a trackway in Utah. Also, the diverse

landscape of the Shash Jaa area provides habitat for

the vast majority of plant and animal species described

by Proclamation 9558.

ossil

site, which includes a trackway created by a giant

arthropod (Diplichnites cuithensis), the first recorded

instance of such a trackway in Utah. Also, the diverse

landscape of the Shash Jaa area provides habitat for

the vast majority of plant and animal species described

by Proclamation 9558.

Finally, the Shash Jaa area as described on the

accompanying map includes 2 non-contiguous parcels of

land that encompass the Moon House Ruin, an example of

iconic Pueblo-decorated architecture, which was likely

the last occupied site on Cedar Mesa, as well as Doll

House Ruin, a fully intact and well-preserved single

room granary that is associated with an extensive

agricultural area on the mesa top. These significant

ruins are important examples of cultural resource

objects that should remain within the monument's

boundaries.

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The Indian Creek area likewise contains objects of

significance described in Proclamation 9558. At its

center is the broad Indian Creek Canyon, which is

characterized by sheer red cliffs and spires of exposed

and eroded layers of Navajo, Kayenta, Wingate, and

Cedar Mesa sandstone, including the iconic North and

South Six-Shooter Peaks.

objects of

significance described in Proclamation 9558. At its

center is the broad Indian Creek Canyon, which is

characterized by sheer red cliffs and spires of exposed

and eroded layers of Navajo, Kayenta, Wingate, and

Cedar Mesa sandstone, including the iconic North and

South Six-Shooter Peaks.

Also located within the Indian Creek area is the

Canyonlands Research Center. Spanning lands managed by

the National Park Service, BLM, USFS, and private

landowners, this unique partnership works to increase

our understanding of the complex natural systems on the

landscape, providing their custodians with information

they need to adapt to the challenges of a changing

Colorado Plateau.

Newspaper Rock, a popular attraction in the Indian

Creek area, is a roadside rock art panel that has been

listed on the National Register of Historic Places

since 1976. This site displays a significant

concentration of rock art from multiple periods, etched

into Wingate sandstone. The older art is attributed to

the Ancestral Puebloan people who inhabited this region

for 2,000 years, while the more recent rock art is

attributed to the Ute people who still live in the Four

Corners area.

ignificant

concentration of rock art from multiple periods, etched

into Wingate sandstone. The older art is attributed to

the Ancestral Puebloan people who inhabited this region

for 2,000 years, while the more recent rock art is

attributed to the Ute people who still live in the Four

Corners area.

In addition to Newspaper Rock, the Indian Creek area

contains numerous other significant rock art sites,

including the distinctive and well-preserved

petroglyphs in Shay Canyon. The area also provides

opportunities for cultural and scientific research and

paleontological study. Dinosaur tracks in the bottom of

the Shay Canyon stream bed are a unique visual reminder

of the area's distant past. Additional paleontological

resources can be found throughout the Indian Creek

area, including vertebrate and invertebrate fossils,

primarily in the Chinle Formation. The Indian Creek

area also includes 2 prominent mesas, Bridger Jack Mesa

and Lavender Mesa, which are home to relict plant

communities, predominantly composed of pinyon-juniper

woodland, with small, interspersed sagebrush parks,

that exist only on these isolated islands in the desert

sea and are, generally, unaltered by humans. These

mesas provide the opportunity for comparative studies

of pinyon-juniper woodland and sagebrush communities in

other parts of the Colorado Plateau

woodland, with small, interspersed sagebrush parks,

that exist only on these isolated islands in the desert

sea and are, generally, unaltered by humans. These

mesas provide the opportunity for comparative studies

of pinyon-juniper woodland and sagebrush communities in

other parts of the Colorado Plateau. Additionally, the

Indian Creek area includes the exposed Chinle

Formation, known for abundant fossilized flora and

fauna, including pelecypods, gastropods, arthropods,

fishes, amphibians, and reptiles (including dinosaurs).

Finally, the area is well known for vertebrate

trackways, including tetrapod footprints.

Some of the existing monument's objects, or certain

examples of those objects, are not within the

monument's revised boundaries because they are

adequately protected by existing law, designation,

agency policy, or governing land-use plans. For

example, although the modified boundaries do not

include the San Juan River or the Valley of the Gods,

both of those areas are protected by existing

administratively designated Areas of Critical

Environmental Concern. Plant and animal species such as

the bighorn sheep, the Kachina daisy, the Utah night

lizard, and the Eucosma navojoensis moth are protected

by the Endangered Species Act and existing land-use

plans and policies protecting special-status species.

Additionally, some of the range of these species falls

within existing Wilderness Areas and Wilderness Study

Areas

daisy, the Utah night

lizard, and the Eucosma navojoensis moth are protected

by the Endangered Species Act and existing land-use

plans and policies protecting special-status species.

Additionally, some of the range of these species falls

within existing Wilderness Areas and Wilderness Study

Areas. Finally, although Hideout Canyon is likewise not

included within the modified boundaries, it is

generally not threatened and is partially within a

Wilderness Study Area.

The areas described above are the smallest compatible

with the protection of the important objects identified

in Proclamation 9558. The modification of the Bears

Ears National Monument will maintain and protect those

objects and preserve the area's cultural, scientific,

and historic legacy.

WHEREAS, Proclamation 9558 of December 28, 2016,

designated the Bears Ears National Monument in the

State of Utah and reserved approximately 1.35 million

acres of Federal lands for the care and management of

the Bears Ears buttes and other objects of historic and

scientific interest identified therein; and

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WHEREAS, many of the objects identified by Proclamation

9558 are otherwise protected by Federal law; and

WHEREAS, it is in the public interest to modify the

boundaries of the monument to exclude from its

designation and reservation approximately 1,150,860

acres of land that I find are unnecessary for the care

and management of the objects to be protected within

the monument; and

d by Federal law; and

WHEREAS, it is in the public interest to modify the

boundaries of the monument to exclude from its

designation and reservation approximately 1,150,860

acres of land that I find are unnecessary for the care

and management of the objects to be protected within

the monument; and

WHEREAS, the boundaries of the monument reservation

should therefore be reduced to the smallest area

compatible with the protection of the objects of

scientific or historic interest as described above in

this proclamation;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the

United States of America, by the authority vested in me

by section 320301 of title 54, United States Code,

hereby proclaim that the boundaries of the Bears Ears

National Monument are hereby modified and reduced to

those lands and interests in land owned or controlled

by the Federal Government within the boundaries

described on the accompanying map, which is attached to

and forms a part of this proclamation. I hereby further

proclaim that the modified monument areas identified on

the accompanying map shall be known as the Indian Creek

and Shash Jaa units of the monument, the latter of

which shall include the Moon House and Doll House

Ruins. These reserved Federal lands and interests in

lands cumulatively encompass approximately 201,876

acres. The boundaries described on the accompanying map

are confined to the smallest area compatible with the

proper care and management of the objects to be

protected

Moon House and Doll House

Ruins. These reserved Federal lands and interests in

lands cumulatively encompass approximately 201,876

acres. The boundaries described on the accompanying map

are confined to the smallest area compatible with the

proper care and management of the objects to be

protected. Any lands reserved by Proclamation 9558 not

within the boundaries identified on the accompanying

map are hereby excluded from the monument.

At 9:00 a.m., eastern standard time, on the date that

is 60 days after the date of this proclamation, subject

to valid existing rights, the provisions of existing

withdrawals, and the requirements of applicable law,

the public and National Forest System lands excluded

from the monument reservation shall be open to:

(1) entry, location, selection, sale, or other

disposition under the public land laws and laws

applicable to the U.S. Forest Service;

(2) disposition under all laws relating to mineral

and geothermal leasing; and

(3) location, entry, and patent under the mining

laws.

Appropriation of lands under the mining laws before the

date and time of restoration is unauthorized. Any such

attempted appropriation, including attempted adverse

possession under 30 U.S.C. 38, shall vest no rights

against the United States. Acts required to establish a

location and to initiate a right of possession are

governed by State law where not in conflict with

Federal law.

s unauthorized. Any such

attempted appropriation, including attempted adverse

possession under 30 U.S.C. 38, shall vest no rights

against the United States. Acts required to establish a

location and to initiate a right of possession are

governed by State law where not in conflict with

Federal law.

Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed to

remove any lands from the Manti-La Sal National Forest

or to otherwise revoke, modify, or affect any

withdrawal, reservation, or appropriation, other than

the one created by Proclamation 9558.

Nothing in this proclamation shall change the

management of the areas designated and reserved by

Proclamation 9558 that remain part of the monument in

accordance with the terms of this proclamation, except

as provided by the following 4 paragraphs:

In recognition of the importance of tribal

participation to the care and management of the objects

identified above, and to ensure that management

decisions affecting the monument reflect tribal

expertise and traditional and historical knowledge,

Proclamation 9558 established a Commission to provide

guidance and recommendations on the development and

implementation of management plans and on management of

the monument, and to partner with Federal agencies by

making continuing contributions to inform decisions

regarding the management of the monument. In order to

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blished a Commission to provide

guidance and recommendations on the development and

implementation of management plans and on management of

the monument, and to partner with Federal agencies by

making continuing contributions to inform decisions

regarding the management of the monument. In order to

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ensure that the full range of tribal expertise and

traditional historical knowledge is included in such

guidance and recommendations, paragraph 29 of

Proclamation 9558 is hereby revised to provide that the

Bears Ears Commission shall be known as the Shash Jaa

Commission, shall apply only to the Shash Jaa unit as

described herein, and shall also include the elected

officer of the San Juan County Commission representing

District 3 acting in that officer's official capacity.

Proclamation 9558 is hereby revised to clarify that,

pending preparation of the transportation plan required

by paragraph 34 thereof, the Secretaries of the

Interior and Agriculture may allow motorized and non-

mechanized vehicle use on roads and trails designated

for such use immediately before the issuance of

Proclamation 9558 and maintain roads and trails for

such use.

the transportation plan required

by paragraph 34 thereof, the Secretaries of the

Interior and Agriculture may allow motorized and non-

mechanized vehicle use on roads and trails designated

for such use immediately before the issuance of

Proclamation 9558 and maintain roads and trails for

such use.

Paragraph 35 of Proclamation 9558 governing livestock

grazing in the monument is hereby revised to read as

follows: ``Nothing in this proclamation shall be deemed

to affect authorizations for livestock grazing, or

administration thereof, on Federal lands within the

monument. Livestock grazing within the monument shall

continue to be governed by laws and regulations other

than this proclamation.''

Proclamation 9558 is amended to clarify that,

consistent with the care and management of the objects

identified above, the Secretaries of the Interior and

Agriculture may authorize ecological restoration and

active vegetation management activities in the

monument.

If any provision of this proclamation, including its

application to a particular parcel of land, is held to

be invalid, the remainder of this proclamation and its

application to other parcels of land shall not be

affected thereby.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this

fourth day of December, in the year of our Lord two

thousand seventeen, and of the Independence of the

United States of America the two hundred and forty-

second.

(Presidential Sig.)

Billing code 3295-F8-P

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this

fourth day of December, in the year of our Lord two

thousand seventeen, and of the Independence of the

United States of America the two hundred and forty-

second.

(Presidential Sig.)

Billing code 3295-F8-P

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